Men’s tennis began at North during the 1910-1911 school year.That year, two students participated against other schools.However, the Minneapolis Conference play was not organized until 1921-1922 season. The Minnesota State High School League began holding state tournaments in 1928-1929 school year.At that time, only individual and doubles champions were crowned.Team champions were first crowned in 1949-1950 school year.

At the beginning, Men’s Tennis was played in both the Fall and the Spring.There were two seasons, with a conference champion crowned each season.North won two conference championships, one in the fall of 1925 and the second in the Spring of 1926 (both during the 1925-1926 school year.)It is unknown when tennis moved solely to the Spring.

Two Polars have won individual state titles.The first was Esser Shragowitz (Class of 1947) in 1945-1946.Three years later, Allan Goldstein (Class of 1950) also became an Individual State Champion.No one from North has ever won a state doubles championship or state team championship. However, the 1959-1960 team won the region and placed 9th in the state tournament.